Government Employees Quotes

• I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.

  Tom DeLay

  Jobs, Government, Constitution Of The United States

  "Talk Back Live" on CNN, December 19, 1995.

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• I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Morning, Government, Evening

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• This will include the various methods of internal monitoring, attack and penetration, investigation of suspected hackers or rogue employees - and you have plenty of rogue employees - and identity protection for government employees. The review team will also remain current on the constantly evolving new methods of attack and will attempt to anticipate them and develop defenses as often as possible before breaches occur.

  Donald Trump

  Team, Government, Identity

  "CNN Newsroom" with Carol Costello, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2016.

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• The structure that is currently in place, inside government, forcing government employees to pay union dues, even if they don't want to be in a union -- that is fundamentally unconstitutional and it is against the American system of freedom of choice.

  Bruce Rauner

  Freedom, Government, Choices

  "Illinois’ new GOP governor throws down gauntlet in union, spending fight" by Michael Tobin, www.foxnews.com. February 20, 2015.

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• Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political odds against private citizens.

  James Bovard

  Odds, Government, Numbers

  James Bovard (2015). “Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen”, p.133, Macmillan

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• The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much as possible from vulnerable taxpayers.

  James Bovard

  Government, Order, Numbers

  James Bovard (2015). “Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen”, p.137, Macmillan

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• It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.

  Jack Anderson

  Father, Government, Views

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• The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.

  Newt Gingrich

  Country, Government, Unions

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• The simple index fund solution has been adopted as a cornerstone of investment strategy for many of the nation's pension plans operated by our giant corporations and state and local governments. Indexing is also the predominant strategy for the largest of them all, the retirement plan for federal government employees, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The plan has been a remarkable success, and now holds some $173 billion of assets for the benefit of our public servants and members of armed services.

  David F. Swensen

  Retirement, Simple, Government

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• Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around and into a church and acting like KGB agents.

  Mathew Staver

  Religious, Freedom, Government

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• American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees.

  James Bovard

  Government, Numbers, Democracy

  James Bovard (2015). “Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen”, p.133, Macmillan

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• It's created a very real chilling effect among our sources. They've become nervous about talking with us. They don't want their phone numbers associated with us. And government employees who previously routinely talked to us, now won't.

  Gary Pruitt

  Real, Government, Talking

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• As a government employee, you can't testify against the government.

  James Hansen

  Government, Employee

  "Climate Maverick to Retire From NASA" by Justin Gillis, www.nytimes.com. April 1, 2013.

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• A much more radical conclusion . . . that, so far as I know, is shared by only a very few students of public choice [is]: that government employees or people who draw the bulk of their income from government by other means should be deprived of the vote . . . It is another example of the opening up of alternatives for investigation and the presentation of new conceivable policy options characteristic of public choice, rather than a policy that all its students favor.

  Gordon Tullock

  Mean, Government, Opening Up

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• All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Government, Realizing, Public Service

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• The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Government, Organization, Purpose

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• American critics of welfare statism are often surprised to learn that countries like West Germany, with a much more comprehensive welfare state and a statistically larger public sector, have fewer government employees per capita than the United States does.

  Robert Kuttner

  Country, Government, West Germany

  Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.23, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• Only to bureaucrats can the idea occur that establishing new offices, promulgating new decrees, and increasing the number of government employees alone can be described as positive and beneficial measures.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Government, Ideas, Numbers

  Ludwig Von Mises (1985). “Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War”, Libertarian Press

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• I will set a target for the reduction of (government) employees ... I will implement the reduction of the total personnel costs of the employees.

  Junichiro Koizumi

  Government, Target, Cost

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• Without computers, the government would be unable to function at the level of effectiveness and efficiency that we have come to expect. . . . Today's government uses computers which are capable of cranking out millions of documents per day without any regard whatsoever for their content, thereby freeing government employees for more important responsibilities, such as not answering their phones.

  Dave Barry

  Responsibility, Phones, Government

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• We have also seen an economic crisis that is very serious within Venezuela, we are seeing cutbacks, I believe even more are coming in terms of electricity. Government employees no longer work on Fridays, and that has not been enough.

  Marco Rubio

  Friday, Believe, Government

  Source: www.univision.com

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• I obtained confidential information in the same way government employees did, and I did it all without even touching a computer. ... I was so successful with this line of attack that I rarely had to go towards a technical attack.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Successful, Government, Touching

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• Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race and gender rather than ability or talent. Such a system often overlooks the deserving and rewards the incompetent. There is no payoff for achievement.

  James Cook

  Jobs, Educational, Moving

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• Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.

  Barack Obama

  Integrity, Government, Speaks Out

  "Obama Urged to Back New Whistleblower Act" by Ed O'Keefe, voices.washingtonpost.com. April 2009.

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• These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours.

  Mortimer Zuckerman

  Government, Benefits, Pay

  "America’s public servants are now its masters". www.ft.com. September 10, 2010.

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